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Welcome to my Polish blog! My Polish great grandpa was orphaned during the Chicago flu epidemic of 1918 & spent his life looking for all of his siblings. Some family stayed in Chicago & some returned to Poland. Some family was Catholic, & some are believed to be Jewish. I post the things I learn in efforts it may help someone else in their research. I also hope this blog helps me connect with others that know about the people I'm learning about. Digital images of records or links are put inside most postings so you can view records full screen. I encourage comments. Feel free to sign the guestbook, stating who you're looking for. Maybe we can all help each other out this way, because there are many challenges with Polish research. I hope you enjoy learning with me. And I hope to be taught more about my Polish heritage.I have added a few languages to this blog through Google translate. I hope that it may be accurate enough with the communication of ideas. Thanks! -Julie

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14 May 2012

I have learned a lot more about the family that brought our Bronislawa Sanetra over. I just still don't know the exact connection, or if their family (descendants) knows what happened to Bronislawa. Marianna was married, had a one year old child named Anna and appears to have gone back to Poland just to get my relative Bronislawa. I know it was about 10 days one way travel, but to do this, I believe she must have really been related to my family. I am still trying to find descendants, hoping someone will remember hearing about Marianna going to Poland to get a 9 and a half year old girl after a 7 year wait and then not finding her parents, in Feb 1911. Bronislawa Sanetra's grandmother was a Klosak. We are thinking the 7 year wait was due to medical reasons. Because as Rosalie and Adam were boarding the ship, they were told Bronislawa could not go, but she could travel later with a relative. Here is a summary of what I have learned about the Wojtas descendants:

Joseph Wojtas was the son of Valentini Wojtas and Anremae Sajner according to his marriage record. But since his brother John and sister Sophia (Zophia) all had a daughter named Anna, I am thinking the mother's name was probably Anna. On John's marriage record the mother's name was spelled Aunae. Joseph and John Wojtas were both married in Holy Cross Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Also their children were baptized there, up until 1915. Then I learned from Joseph's obituary that he also had a sister named Sophia Wojtas, with the married name of Filipek, in South Dakota. I've been able to find a number of records for the family. One thing of interest was more Klosak connections. Also interesting, was that Joseph Wojtas daughter Anna, who was born in Minneapolis, was living in Poland at the time of her fathers death, in Apr 1964, apparently unmarried. How wonderful there were still connections to Poland! I wonder if Anna knew any of my family in the United States or any of my Klosak's in Poland in the 1960's?